Invasive forest defoliator contributes to the impending downward trend of oak dominance in eastern North America

Forestry

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 284-289

  Morin, Randall S ^a   Liebhold, Andrew M ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b NORTHERN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth and mortality rates; Gypsy moth; Invasive pest; Lymantria dispar

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DEFOLIATION; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST INVENTORY; GROWTH RATE; INVASIVE SPECIES; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MORTALITY; MOTH; OVERSTORY; PEST OUTBREAK; SUCCESSION; TREND ANALYSIS;

NORTH AMERICA;

HEXAPODA; LYMANTRIA; LYMANTRIA DISPAR;

EID: 84977138001     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: 14643626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/cpv053     Document Type: Article

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